Independent Newspapers Archive
University of Cape Town
This significant, under threat and extensive archive of about 850 000 images, now housed at UCT, spans a period from about the 1900’s – 2000. The archive has been identified as having highly significant social history and heritage value with a particular connection to Cape Town, Western Cape and UCT. Topics range from social conditions in and around Cape Town, key protests in pre- and post apartheid periods as well as a broad spectrum of political activity, sport and very large collection of images on prominent figures (sport, social, political). UCT Libraries has selected and scanned nearly 6 000 images with appropriate metadata. It will complement other collections on the history of Cape Town and the province in Special Collections. The archive intersects with History, Film and Media Studies, Sociology, and African Studies and is a valuable portal of our regional social history.
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Apartheid notices, reserving the beach for the use of Whites only, have been raised on the beach at Hout Bay.
Gay rights demonstration, Cape Town.
Mayoral greeting ... Cape Town Mayor Mr Gordon Oliver greets Mr Pietro Battiston (left) and his cycling partner, Mr Allan Harcombe, outside the City Hall at the end of their …
Cargo shipped and landed in Cape Town last year was another record for this port - 5,652,609 tons, a gain of 180,663 tons - though Durban's total of more than …
Development of Cape Town Harbour, circa 1990.
This picture was taken in the Gardens at about lunch-time with a Praktika single-lens reflex camera. It was fitted with a 75-230 mm Vivitar zoom lens, zoomed to about 200 …
Pan African Congress (PAC) march to Parliament.
Winnie Mandela marching
